Ash sifter and can.



'1. -BALCANQUAL ASH'SIFTERAND CAN.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3l. |913.

Patented Nov. 30, A1915.

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. 'L FFICE. `1 i JOHN BALCANQUAL, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

ASH SIFTER AND CAN.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 31, r1913. -Seria1No. 809,674.

and can, the object of the invention being.

to provide al1- improved device of this character by means of which ashes may be readily sifted Without permitting the ashes to become dispersed in the air and to settle on nearby objectsand by means of which the einders may be readily removed from the sifter for use, and the ashesconvcniently carried to a place of deposit, one specific object` of the invention being to providean improved form of sitter and means. for carrying the same, another specific object being to provide an ash can withv a removable cover to which the sifter Imay be connected for use so that the sifteri with the cnders therein maybe readily lifted, together with the cover, from the can, and so that the sifter may then be detached from the cover and emptied of its contents.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings 2-Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view of an ash sifter and ash can constructed in accordance with my invention. .Fig 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 isa plan of the same.

The can 1 is here shown as of cylindrical form,- provided With a bail 2 pivotally connected to lugs 3 on`opposite sides of the can, the can being further provided, on o ne side, With a handle 4, to facilitate the tipping and emptying thereof. Within the can, near its upper end, are a series. of supporting brackets A cover 6fis provided y:for the can, the,v

cover having `a depending Vflange Walll. to lit .snugly around the upper portion of the can, to close the latterhand yet/adapt the cover to be readily removed `from the can i when desired. vOn theipper side of the cover, at rits center, is a yhed handle'B.

5, which are su'itablywhich is secured under the center'of the handle 8.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

The sitter l10 is substantially pan-shaped l i and is hereshown as .made Vof sheet metal cok and provided in its bottonivith Openings .1l of suitable` size. The Wall 12 of the sifter. 1s provided at its upper side AWithan out; standlng annular flange 13, tobear on thev brackets 5 and thus support'the sifter in the upper portion of the can and adaptthe sifter to. be readily turned, lirst in 'one direction and then in the. reverse direction for operation. In the center .of the sifteris a shaft 14 the lower end of which extends through and is secured to the bottom of the. c

sifter and around the lower portion of the shaft -is a bracing and supporting cone 15. The shaft extends above the cone 15 and its upper portion, when the sigftrer is 'iin placeon the brackets 5 in the can vis adapted to pass through the bearing v9 and to project above the handle 8. 'The upper end of the shaft is liattened on opposite sides to form a.

projection 16 of non-circular form.

I alsoprovide a handle or lever 17 Which may be ofthe form here shown or .of any other suitable form and in practice is piv-- otally made in the form of an ordinary stove lid lifter and is provided With an opening 18 adapted to receive the projec tion 16 of the sifter shaft.

The conical bearing 9 facilitates the placing of the cover on the can, after the sifter has been ar-` l ranged in the can and on the brackets. It

tion and then in the reverse direction and 'thereby cause the ashes to be sifted from-- the cinders and to fall into thecan. lThe lever handle 17 may then be unshipped from the sifter4 shaft, the cover removed,

and the sifter may then be removed from` the can and emptied of its contents of cin-v ders and the can may be conveniently .to carry the ashes to a convenlent place of ports on' its inner side,' near its upper end,

outwardly 'extending annular angeat thus described my," invention, e

upper Side bearing on said supports, Whereby said sifter is suspended by the supports and wholly supported thereby, a vertical centrally arranged shaft extending up from the bottom of the sifter, a cover for the can having a bearing for said shaft and a lever handle adaptedto be connected to the upper end of the sifter shaft and for operating the sitter, the sifter shaft so-acting with the bearing to hold the sifter concentric with,

the can and' facilitate movement of the sifter on the supports from which it is suspended, said bearing in the can cover being conical in form and said cover also having a handle through the center oi which Said conical bearing extends.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnes JOHN B, JCANQUAL. Witnesses:

GEORGE OVEnoCKnR, ALBERT H, Knnns. 

